Water-feeder for steam-boilers



(No Model.)

H. SULLINGS.

WATER'I'EEDBR FOR STEAM BOILERS. No. 279,458. Patented June 12; 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

HERVEY SULLINGS, OF KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN,

- WATER-FEEDER FOR STEAM-BOILERS SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 279,458, dated June 12, 1883.

Application filed November 13, 1882. (NJ model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERVEY SULLINGS, of Kalamazoo, in the county of Kalamazoo and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in ater-Feed ers for Steam-Boilers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, cl ear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,'which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure l is a side view of a steam-boiler provided with my improved water-feeder, and Fig. 2 is a side view of a modification of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate eorrespending parts in both the figures.

My invention has relation to water-feeders for steam-boilers; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of the same, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter B indicates a steam-boiler of any desired construction.

Fastened upon the upper part of the boiler is a steam-tight cylinder, A, communicating with the boiler by two pipes, t and c, and with a heater, 1), by pipes t and c. The pipes c and e have clieek-valvesa and c, the valve a admitting water into the cylinder A, and the valve a permitting the water to pass from the cylinder into the boiler.

The pipes t and t are for the purpose of conducting steam from the boiler to the cylinder A and heater D, and are provided with valves 1' andr, operated by levers G and G, which are pivoted at v and v. These levers have each a beveled projection, g, at their free ends, which are alternately engaged by twolugs or projec tions, f and f upon a disk, T, one on each side and diagonally opposite each other. This disk is journaled in bearings S upon the top of the cylinder A, and is rotated either by connection with the engine or by an independent motor. As the disk rotates the lugs f or f alternately engage the projections 9 upon the levers, alternately opening the valves 1' and 1-. When the valve 0' is opened the steam from the steam-dome F of the boiler enters the cylinder A by the pipe 1" and drives the water contained therein, or allows the water to fall into the boiler by reason of the steam being equalized through the pipe 0, opening valve 0. By the time the water is out the lug f opens valve 1', and the steam passes through pipe t up into the heater D,which may be of any desired construction,- but must be steam-tight. The pressure of the steam drives the water out of the heater through pipe 0, opening valve (1 into the cylinder A, when the same operation is repeated.

Vhen cold water is used and it must be raised from any depth not too great, the modification as shown in Fig.2 of the drawings is used. This operates in the same manner as the feeder shown in Fig. 1, with the exception. that the steam, when it enters the'steaintight drum E, which takes the place of the heater, will be condensed and create a vacuum, which causes the water to rise through the pipe (land enter the drum.

A check-valve, 0, will admit of. the water entering the drum, but will close by the steam pressing from inside when it is admitted into the drum. In this manner the drum acts as a pump, and will raise water from the same depth as a pump. The valves 1- and 1' may be operated by any other mechanism without interfering with the working of the device.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. The combination of the feeding-cylinder A, steanrpipes 't t, having valves 1' r, provided with levers O C, having beveled projections g, water-pipes c 0, having checkvalves (0 a, water-heater D, boiler B, and disk T, having projections f and j", one 011 each side, diametrically opposite each other, adapted to alternately operate levers O G, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the feeding-cylinder A, steam-pipes t 25, having valves 1' 1", water-pipes c 0, having check-valves a a, and levers C C, hinged to valves 9' r, and alternately operated by disk T, having projections f and f on each side, diametrically opposite each other, with the drum E, having pipe (7, provided with check-valve e, substantially as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

3. The combination of valves rand 1, having v l'eversG and O )ivoted at v and o and havin 7 7 l beveled proj ectionsg, with the disk .l,j ournaled in bearings S, and having lugs f andf, one on each side and diametrically opposite each other substantially as and for the purpose set 10 forth.

4. TllheWater-feeder for boilers, consisting of the ibeding-cylinder A, stea1n-pipes 1 i, having valves r r, provided with levers (l (1, Wa-

ter-pipes 0 0, having check-valves (l a, heater 1), and disk T, having 'lugs ff adapted to engage projections on the free ends of levers C, and journaled in bearings S, substantially as and for the purpose shown and set forth,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in 20 presence of two Witnesses. v

HERVEY SULLINGS.

\Vitnesses:

OSCOR TATHELL, L. N. BURKE. 

